| A | B |
|---|
| Mary Harris Jones | labor leader who protested the use of child labor |
| Alexander Graham Bell | inventor of the telephone |
| John D. Rockefeller | industry leader who made a fortune in the oil business |
| Samuel Gompers | labor leader who started the AFL (American Federation of Labor) |
| Thomas A. Edison | famous inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion pictures, etc. |
| Elijah Mc Coy | African American inventor of the lubricator cup, the "real McCoy" |
| Andrew Carnegie | industry leader who developed the steel industry and then donated money later in life |
| Queen Liliuokalani | last ruler of Hawaii; American planters led a revolt against her |
| Ida Tarbell | "muckraking" reporter who wrote about the unfair business practices of Standard Oil Co. |
| Upton Sinclair | "muckraking" author who wrote about problems in the meat industry |
| Wright Brothers | made world's first successful airplane flight in 1903 |
| Henry Ford | early automobile maker whose assembly line made cars faster and cheaper |
| John Muir | conservationist who worked to establish Yosemite National Park |
